[Quote No.22726] Need Area: Body > General "[Poem: about the mystery of dying and death]

'After Apple Picking'

My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree,
Toward heaven still.
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill,
Beside it, and there may be two or three'
Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
The scent of apples; I am drowsing off.
I cannot shake the shimmer from my sight,
I got from looking through a pane of glass,
I skimmed this morning from the water-trough,
And held against the world of hoary grass.
It melted, and I let it fall and break.
But I was well,
Upon my way to sleep before it fell,
And I could tell,
What form my dreaming was about to take.
Magnified apples appear and reappear,
Stem end and blossom end,
And every fleck of russet showing clear.
My instep arch not only keeps the ache,
It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round.
And I keep hearing from the cellar-bin,
That rumbling sound,
Of load on load of apples coming in.
For I have had too much,
Of apple-picking; I am overtired,
Of the great harvest I myself desired.
There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,
Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall,
For all,
That struck the earth,
No matter if not bruised, or spiked with stubble,
Went surely to the cider-apple heap,
As of no worth.
One can see what will trouble,
This sleep of mine, whatever sleep it is.
Were he not gone,
The woodchuck could say whether it's like his,
Long sleep, as I describe its coming on,
Or just some human sleep.

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[Quote No.30853] Need Area: Body > General "[Self-Defence -Chin Na, Chin-Na, Qin Na - and Martial arts:] Martial Morality:- In martial arts, it is well known that a student's success is not determined by her external appearance, nor by how strong or weak she is, but rather by the student's way of thinking and her morality. Chinese martial artists have a saying:'A student will spend three years looking for a good teacher, and a teacher will test the student for three years.' Good martial arts teachers do not teach only martial techniques, they also teach a way of life. In Chinese, martial morality is called 'Wude'. Teachers have long considered 'Wude' to be the most important criterion for students, and have made it the most important part of traditional martial arts training. There are two aspects of 'Wude'; morality of deed, and morality of mind. Morality of deed includes Humility, Respect, Righteousness, Trust and Loyalty. Morality of mind includes Will, Endurance, Perseverance, Patience and Courage. Of the two, morality of deed is more important as it concerns interaction with other people. Morality of mind is for self-cultivation. It allows wisdom to regulate emotion. Developing morality of mind is the key to martial arts training and will allow a martial artist to achieve the highest levels.
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[Quote No.52468] Need Area: Body > General "[Poem: about the mystery of death and remembering someone who has died.]

'Remember'

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.